Buddy Rose

I have a soft spot for the villains of professional wrestling, and "Playboy" Buddy Rose, born Paul Perschmann in Omaha, was a craftsman of that art. Working the AWA, WWF, and Pacific Northwest territories, he understood that being hated by the crowd takes more presence and skill than being cheered. A great heel sells the whole story, and I suspect he was sharp on the microphone too. He passed in 2009, but characters like his are exactly why the business stays compelling. He may be a footnote to casual fans, but to me he is the kind of dependable performer the show needs.

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Name (English)

Buddy Rose

Name (Japanese)

バディ・ローズ

Reading

ばでぃ・ろーず

Born

November 15, 1952 – April 28, 2009

Origin

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy%20Rose
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1863776

Tags

• Nebraska
• professional wrestler

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.